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Bioscience Connecticut: Year One Milestones
The first year of the Bioscience Connecticut initiative has seen more than 500 new jobs on the Health Center campus and steady progress on all goals.
Graduate Student Uses Ancient Skills in Modern Conservation Efforts
If this Ph.D. candidate has her way, people will learn to do more than just look at their surroundings; they’ll truly observe what’s there.
NIH Awards $13M-plus for UConn Immunology Research
A federal grant funds five more years of UConn Health Center scientists’ study of immune response to infection.
Summertime is Research Time for McNair Scholars
This summer, four undergraduates are conducting original research and taking classes to build their skills for graduate study, as UConn's first McNair Scholars.
Top Health Threats to Men and How to Avoid Them
Men lead women in 14 of the top 15 causes of death in the U.S.
Health Center Grants, May 2013
The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center’s Office of Research Administration and Finance in May 2013. The list represents new awards as well as continuations and is supplied to UConn Today by the Office of Research Administration and Finance. Federal Alessi, S. Prize Contingency Management for Cocaine-Dependent Methadone Patients National Institute on […]
UConn Researchers’ Excavation Highlights Overlooked Chapter of Jewish History
An unexpected find at a rural settlement provides clues to religious and social life in now-vanished communities.
Study Shows How Young Genes Become Essential for Life
It may be tiny, but the Umbrea gene plays an important role in the life of a fruit fly.
Health Center Grants, April 2013
The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center’s Office of Research Administration and Finance in April 2013. The list represents new awards as well as continuations and is supplied to UConn Today by the Office of Research Administration and Finance. Federal Bansal, R. Role of ERK1/ERK2 Map Kinase in Myelin National Institute of […]
Sajak Returns to CRT’s Nutmeg Summer Series in ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’
Audiences will see a familiar face when they attend the latest summertime production in the Nutmeg Summer Series now playing at the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre.